Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

That assumes that you have somebody at home who’s willing and able to take care of you. And if we don’t make that happen, those patients end up in the hospital or they end up in nursing homes. I was a hospice manager, and I had the philosophy, first, that social workers are a lot cheaper than nurses.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Furthermore, direction to external websites is not an endorsement from AAHPM or HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

The program will serve chronically ill seniors aged 55 and older who are certified by the state of Florida to need a nursing home level of care and are able to live safely in the home and community. “Me Empath Health Empath Health Empath LIFE cuts the ribbon on its new Tampa PACE center.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. We have Alice Bonner, who’s Chair of the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

The letter included a push to pass the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), which if passed would provide incentives to expand training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

In contrast to geriatrics, the evidence base for palliative care lagged clinical growth, in part because palliative care has no centralized “home” at the National Institutes of Health. Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . By diagnosis? By prognosis?

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

The payment increases were generally seen as a boon for providers, though some voiced concern about the cut to routine home care, which represents about 97% of the services hospices provide, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Though the is not yet final, the proposal included a 4.2%

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, Howe has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and medical director for various health care organizations in the Denver area, including a number of rehabilitation, assisted living and skilled nursing home facilities. Shirlee Turner after 11 years of service at the company.

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AJN Off the Charts

APRIL 7, 2023

There have been a couple of recent studies that confirm what I have observed as a palliative care nurse practitioner (NP) in an academic medical center: that there’s still a tendency to pursue very aggressive care with older people with cancer. Aggressive care common in nursing homes at end of life. Nearly 10% of the 1.5

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Michele: Yep.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Also last year, Elara Caring and Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH) formed an integrated care model designed at better addressing behavioral health needs among seniors.Texas-based Elara Caring offers hospice, palliative and personal care in addition to behavioral and home health. This is such a big issue.”

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

It was started by a social worker who really saw some gaps in care with those at end-of-life, particularly those with chronic long-term illness, having important conversations. Despite this, in my 20-year career as a palliative care physician, I have yet to see a death doula in the wild. Why Beth? Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome to the podcast Alaine Murawski…Social worker and researcher, research study coordinator at Northwestern. One of my co-authors, Alaine Murawski, who’s a social worker, she has a lot of the similar experiences if you want to talk about it from a social worker perspective.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia. For me, right now, the worst thing, my nightmare is dying from dementia alone in a nursing home. People start thinking about putting them in a nursing home. Diane: Huge.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

An aim of the resource center is to provide a safe place for individuals to work through difficult emotions and grief, and help survivors address the physical, mental, social and spiritual impact of losing a family member or close friend, Hill continued.

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Shining Light Hospice

MARCH 27, 2023

Hospice services can be provided at home or in inpatient facilities with staff experienced in end-of-life care. The Role of Medical Professionals in Hospice Care Primary care physicians are often the first point of contact for patients seeking hospice services.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

I have done a lot of work on POLST and nursing homes and I’ve seen POLST forms. I saw years ago in Oregon, a POLST form that had been on file in a nursing home resident’s chart for seven years. Susan: Thanks so much, Alex. Welcome back, Bob. Bob: Thank you. Welcome back, Rebecca. Rebecca: Thanks for having us.

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

Social workers can help you and your loved one resolve any lingering end-of-life planning. Nursing services : RNs visit patients in residential homes, nursing homes and hospitals. Social workers also help patients make sure they have end-of-life items completed, such as funeral planning or will writing. .

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

She’s a hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at UCSF. The for-profits stepped up and they have been serving people in nursing homes, including with dementia who deserve our care, and the nonprofits haven’t. Alex: We have some wonderful guests.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

I once had a patient in the ICU at Moffitt who had had a stroke and was facing, not recovered, going to a nursing home with a feeding tube. And that helps us get to the decision. And she had always been immaculately dressed, and for some obscure reason, the hospital gift shop had a display of straw hats.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Social worker services. While hospice care often takes place at home, it can also be provided in inpatient facilities, hospitals, and nursing homes. . End-of-life care involves special challenges for the patient and their loved ones, so hospice workers must have the ability to assist with those needs. .

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. They’re older and frailer than a nursing home client is. Greg: Yeah, great question.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Alex: We’re delighted to welcome back Lauren Hunt, who is a Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse Researcher, an Assistant Professor of Nursing at UCSF. Nurse case management, social worker case management, medications, medical equipment, a home health aid, all that stuff goes away. Melissa: Thank you.

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Kindful Hospice

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

To provide for the greatest care for the patient, hospice care is typically offered in the home or administered in a hospital or a nursing home. These teams have a diverse array of special skills, made up of spiritual advisors, social workers, doctors, nurses, and even trained volunteers.

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Living With Hospice

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We lost my wife's Dad, four years ago, he was in a nursing home and basically died a miserable death. So if she stayed in a hospital or nursing home, we couldn't see her. We made the decision to bring her home to live with us. In our opinion, he was neglected and we're still really upset about it.

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